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64211

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) prisoners in an open prison who previously breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence and (b) prisoners in open prisons who have previously absconded or escaped from prison on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/07/2014 16:24:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64275

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many grades there are in the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Arrangements for setting grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) are delegated to departments and not held centrally. For the SCS, grading arrangements are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office. There are four main grades in the SCS.<br> <br> To deliver a flatter structure in the Civil Service, departments are, as set out in the Civil Service Reform Plan, reviewing their structures as part of ongoing change programmes and departmental improvement plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 202923 question first answered 02/07/2014 13:34:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64291

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Tree Preservation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to local authorities on dealing with trees that are subject to a preservation order.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March we issued new web-based planning guidance on the Tree Preservation Order system. It is available at <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/07/2014 15:31:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64358

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2014
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that participants in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 are prevented from staying in the UK illegally after the Games have finished.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rigorous Accreditation Process that contributed to the success of the <br>Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 has also been central to our preparations <br>for Glasgow 2014.<br><br>To minimise attempts to abuse our hospitality after the Games have ended, <br>comprehensive record checks on all Commonwealth Games participants and Games <br>Family Members are conducted before they are cleared to enter the UK. We have <br>also introduced arrangements to confirm that people given Commonwealth Games <br>clearance have left the UK within their permitted time limits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 14:24:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 7815 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64359

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of police hunts for all prisoners who have absconded or escaped from prisons in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/07/2014 14:16:30 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64369

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Standford Hill Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the police hunt for Michael Wheatley who absconded from HM Prison Standford Hill on 3 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/07/2014 14:15:31 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64381

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of each (a) prison place and (b) prisoner in each prison in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place, based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. This includes a breakdown of these costs by prison category and individual prison within each category, and separately by prisoner gender.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures are for financial year 2012-13 which give an average annual Overall cost per place of £36,808 and average annual Overall cost per prisoner of £34,766. An average annual cost per male prisoner of £34,306 and £44,746 per female prisoner, based on Overall resource costs, is also published.</p><p> </p><p>The information for financial year 2012-13 is available in the Cost per Place and Prisoner and Supplementary Information files on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013-14 will be published alongside the Management Information Addendums to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts in October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department. Between 2009/10 and 2012/13 prison unit costs (based on Overall prison costs) have reduced in real terms by 16% per place and 13% per prisoner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 202786 202796 question first answered 03/07/2014 16:28:15 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64382

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department are currently employed to work on the sentence calculation helplines.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department employs two officials whose principal function is to answer queries on the sentence calculation helpline. The main purpose of the helpline is to provide advice to prison establishments as to the correct way to calculate the key release dates for sentences in complex cases. It also provides advice to courts, probation, the public, solicitors and other government departments on the effect of the legislation governing release on key sentence dates.</p><p> </p><p>In the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, the government made changes to the release and recall provisions in order to simplify the previous, often incomprehensible and complex legislation, making it easier for sentencers and prison staff to administer, and the public to understand the sentence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2014 08:43:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64383

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the marginal cost was of one extra prisoner being accommodated in each prison in England and Wales when each prison is functioning at its operational capacity in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not have information on the marginal cost of a prisoner for each prison. The calculation of a marginal cost would normally apply where a permanent change to a prison's operational capacity is taking place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons are not expected to operate above their operational capacity and ensuring that this capacity is set to reflect the provision of safe and decent accommodation and the operation of suitable regimes ensures that levels of crowding in prisons are carefully managed.</p><p> </p><p>Sensible measures have been taken to ensure that we have sufficient capacity to deal with any temporary increases in population. These include creating additional places in prisons in a safe and decent way and ensuring that prisons reflect the needs of the current population. Any short term increases in capacity will only be those sites where additional prisoners can be safely and decently accommodated and where a senior prison manager has certified that the additional prisoners will be held in safe, secure and decent accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We will end this Parliament with more adult male prison places than we inherited, more hours of work in prisons than we inherited, more education for young detainees than we inherited and a more modern, cost effective prison estate than we inherited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2014 14:19:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64384

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of each (a) prison place and (b) prisoner in the case of (i) male and (ii) female prisoners in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place, based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. This includes a breakdown of these costs by prison category and individual prison within each category, and separately by prisoner gender.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures are for financial year 2012-13 which give an average annual Overall cost per place of £36,808 and average annual Overall cost per prisoner of £34,766. An average annual cost per male prisoner of £34,306 and £44,746 per female prisoner, based on Overall resource costs, is also published.</p><p> </p><p>The information for financial year 2012-13 is available in the Cost per Place and Prisoner and Supplementary Information files on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013-14 will be published alongside the Management Information Addendums to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts in October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department. Between 2009/10 and 2012/13 prison unit costs (based on Overall prison costs) have reduced in real terms by 16% per place and 13% per prisoner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 202786 202798 question first answered 03/07/2014 16:28:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies